fantasy comedy

Ghost Dad is a 1990 American fantasy comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring Bill Cosby, in which a widower's spirit is able to communicate with Bill Cosby's children after Bill Cosby's death.

comedy

Ghost Dad is a listless, glacially-paced comedy that's alternately schmaltzy and incomprehensible."

Bill Cosby , in which a widower's spirit is able to communicate with Sidney Poitier's children after Sidney Poitier's death

Ghost Dad is a 1990 American fantasy comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier (in Sidney Poitier's final directorial effort) and starring Bill Cosby, in which a widower's spirit is able to communicate with Sidney Poitier's children after Sidney Poitier's death.

a family comedy set around tragedy

Directed by Sidney Poitier, music score by Henry Mancini, starring Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russel, Denise Nicholas, Christine Ebersole, Barry Corbin and Ian Bannen as Sir Edith Moser, Ghost Dad is a family comedy set around tragedy.

a thriller/horror movie, starring Phuong Anh Dao, Dan Truong and Ngoc Duyen

Ghost Father is a thriller/horror movie, starring Phuong Anh Dao, Dan Truong and Ngoc Duyen.

an off-putting family film for a bizarrely dark, totally messed-up opening sequence

Okay, even if you can get past the fact that "America's favorite dad" has been accused by multiple women of being a predator, Ghost Dad is also an off-putting family film for a bizarrely dark, totally messed-up opening sequence.

Creative non-fiction

Creative non-fiction is Dad's genre, weaving story and scene.

thriller

A father-son relationship dealing with the vagaries of life, death, and sexuality supposes a David Lynch style family thriller.